Leo HerzogNov 20
As expected, the Qualcomm enshittification of @arduino has begun. Expressif's ESP32 stuff has already been a better platform for some time... I guess I'll have to learn the ESP-IDF ecosystem now instead of the Arduino IDE.
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@herzog @arduino

Yes, switching to ESP32 is not difficult. A lot of code almost works as-is or with very little rewrite.
Too bad, I used to like arduino.
Ho well. Luckily they are not the only ones on the market.

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@ClubTeleMatique As long as they are maximizing shareholder value
Nov 20 at 2:50pmMastodon for Android
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@herzog
Problem is, this is totally short-sighted.
The market today is not at all what it was when arduino came out.
Back then it was alone and a revolution. Since then, Arduino's been living on its goodwill.
Which they have just squandered hopelessly. And today, there are enough viable alternative so they can disappear completely, nobody will care.

This is GIF all over again...